Challenges in glioblastoma research: focus on the tumor microenvironment

A Bikfalvi, CA da Costa, T Avril, JV Barnier, L Bauchet… - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most deadly type of malignant brain tumor, despite extensive
molecular analyses of GBM cells. In recent years, the tumor microenvironment (TME) has …

Bidirectional microglia–neuron communication in health and disease

Z Szepesi, O Manouchehrian, S Bachiller… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are ramified cells that exhibit highly motile processes, which continuously survey
the brain parenchyma and react to any insult to the CNS homeostasis. Although microglia …

Pathophysiology of chronic subdural haematoma: inflammation, angiogenesis and implications for pharmacotherapy

E Edlmann, S Giorgi-Coll, PC Whitfield… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) is an encapsulated collection of blood and fluid on
the surface of the brain. Historically considered a result of head trauma, recent evidence …

A neurocentric perspective on glioma invasion

VA Cuddapah, S Robel, S Watkins… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Malignant gliomas are devastating tumours that frequently kill patients within 1 year of
diagnosis. The major obstacle to a cure is diffuse invasion, which enables tumours to …

Convection enhanced delivery of the oncolytic adenovirus Delta24-RGD in patients with recurrent GBM: a phase I clinical trial including correlative studies

EHP Van Putten, A Kleijn, VW Van Beusechem… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Testing safety of Delta24-RGD (DNX-2401), an oncolytic adenovirus,
locally delivered by convection enhanced delivery (CED) in tumor and surrounding brain of …

Real-time monitoring of neurotransmitters in the brain of living animals

Y Da, S Luo, Y Tian - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
Neurotransmitters, as important chemical small molecules, perform the function of neural
signal transmission from cell to cell. Excess concentrations of neurotransmitters are often …

Glutamate release by primary brain tumors induces epileptic activity

SC Buckingham, SL Campbell, BR Haas, V Montana… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Epileptic seizures are a common and poorly understood comorbidity for individuals with
primary brain tumors. To investigate peritumoral seizure etiology, we implanted human …

Role of the microenvironment in glioma pathogenesis

MA Jayaram, JJ Phillips - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Gliomas are a diverse group of primary central nervous system tumors that affect both
children and adults. Recent studies have revealed a dynamic cross talk that occurs between …

SLC7A11 expression is associated with seizures and predicts poor survival in patients with malignant glioma

SM Robert, SC Buckingham, SL Campbell… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Glioma is the most common malignant primary brain tumor. Its rapid growth is aided by
tumor-mediated glutamate release, creating peritumoral excitotoxic cell death and vacating …

Seizures and gliomas—towards a single therapeutic approach

G Huberfeld, CJ Vecht - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2016 - nature.com
Epilepsy often develops in patients with glioma, and the two conditions share common
pathogenic mechanisms. Altered expression of glutamate transporters, including the cystine …